In the nursing home setting, who has the ultimate responsibility for the quality of care that is provided to the residents?
a. the assistant director of nursing
b. the charge nurse on day shift
c. the UAP
d. the director of nursing
D
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The nurse is changing the dressing on a postoperative client's abdominal incision. A Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain is present, along with a moderate amount of serosanguineous drainage
What is the best product for the nurse to use in performing wound care? a. Half hydrogen peroxide and half sterile saline b. Sterile water and antibacterial ointment c. Betadine swabs or alcohol wipes d. Sterile normal saline
Most states have mandatory phenylketonuria (PKU) screening several days after birth to rule out phenylalanine amino acids in blood that can cause which disorder?
1) Intellectual disability 2) Diabetes mellitus 3) Down syndrome 4) Iron deficiency anemia
A client admitted to the emergency department with "excruciating chest pain, above the rating of 10," has a heart rate of 55, rapid, irregular respirations, complains of nausea,
and is too weak to move to the stretcher by himself. The nurse recognizes that this response to severe pain is due to the response of the: a. Parasympathetic nervous system. b. Sympathetic nervous system. c. Central nervous system. d. Peripheral nervous system.